Celebration Tour (No Angels)

Celebration Tour
Tour by No Angels
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationGermany
Associated album20
Start date18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)
End date8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
No. of shows10 (3 cancelled)
Supporting acts
  • Jazzy Gudd
  • Antje Schomaker
No Angels concert chronology
  • An Intimate Evening with No Angels Tour
    (2010)
  • Celebration Tour
    (2022)

The Celebration Tour is the fourth concert tour by German pop band No Angels. Launched in support of their sixth studio album, 20 (2021), it was originally announced as a special one-off event named Celebration Live to coincide with the twentieth release anniversary of their debut album Elle'ments (2001).[1] Following strong first day ticket sales,[2] the open-air concert was incorporated in a full-length concert tour.[2] The band's first tour in twelve years, it began on 18 June 2022 in Berlin at the Parkbühne Wuhlheide.[3] Following a longer break, it continued on 23 September and concluded on 8 October 2022.[2]

Critical reception

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Neue Westfälische editor Heimo Stefula praised the show, writing, "The quartet burned off a firework of hits in just under two hours, which was well received by the audience from the first second."[4] Hessenschau critic Anne Heigel echoed his statements. She wrote: "In Frankfurt, there was deafening applause, beaming faces and pure nostalgia." Heigel noted that the band performed without "any complex stage sets" but instead offered "joint dance choreographies" and some "well-known classics."[5]

Christof Hammer from Stuttgarter Nachrichten was ambivalent about the "fairly conventionally staged program," some "unstable" vocal performances and the "rather dull" sound inside the Liederhalle, but concluded: "Much more [...] counts on this evening: The emotions between a band and its fans, the memories of the carefree youth of the 2000s and the warm feeling of still being there twenty years later and reuniting. Every song, every word from the stage becomes real soul food, the whole concert is almost a happening [...] Seen from this angle: An evening perfectly suited to times like these."[6]

Release

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With much of their opening concert at the Parkbühne Wuhlheide tracked by a film crew, on 27 January 2023, the band began releasing videos of their performances that night on their YouTube account.[7]

Set list

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This set list is representative of the 18 June 2022 show in Berlin.[8]

  1. "Daylight in Your Eyes"
  2. "All Cried Out"
  3. "Down Boy"
  4. "Three Words"
  5. "Send Me Flowers"
  6. "Someday"
  7. "Goodbye to Yesterday"
  8. "A New Day"
  9. "A Reason"
  10. "Washes Over Me"
  11. "Too Old"
  12. "When the Angels Sing"
  13. "Still in Love with You"
  14. "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)"
  15. "Mad Wild"
  16. "Maybe"
  17. "Back Off"
  18. "Feelgood Lies"
  19. "One Life"
  20. "Let's Go to Bed" (contains elements of "You Could Be the First")
  21. "Disappear"
  22. "Something About Us"
  23. "There Must Be an Angel"

Encore

  2. "We Keep the Spirit Alive"
  4. "That's the Reason"
  6. "Rivers of Joy" (contains elements of "We Found Love")

Notes

  • "Down Boy", "Washes Over Me", "Too Old", "Maybe", "Back Off", and "That's the Reason" were omitted from subsequent concerts.[8]

Tour dates

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List of concerts[9][2]
Date City Country Venue Attendance
18 June 2022 Berlin Germany Parkbühne Wuhlheide 12,500[10]
23 September 2022 Stuttgart Liederhalle Beethovensaal 1,600[6]
24 September 2022 Hannover Swiss Life Hall 1,800[11]
25 September 2022 Hamburg Barclays Arena 2,500[12]
27 September 2022 Leipzig Haus Auensee Un­known
30 September 2022 Nürnberg Meistersingerhalle 1,400[13]
2 October 2022 Munich Dampfdom 1,200[14]
5 October 2022 Frankfurt am Main Batschkapp Un­known
6 October 2022 Bielefeld Stadthalle 900[4]
8 October 2022 Cologne Palladium 4,000[15]

Cancelled shows

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On 5 September 2022, the band announced on Instagram that the planned concerts in Erfurt, Rostock and Zürich would be cancelled, citing increasing productions costs as a reason.[16]

List of cancelled concerts[17][2]
Date City Country Venue
29 September 2022 Rostock Germany Stadthalle
1 October 2022 Erfurt Messehalle
4 October 2022 Zürich Switzerland Halle 622

References

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  1. ^ "Celebration Live – Eine Sommernacht in Berlin". trinitymusic.de (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kiß, Jonas (3 August 2021). "No Angels gehen 2022 mit Undercover auf "Celebration"-Tour". MusikWoche (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ^ @noangelsofficial (19 June 2022). "❤🔥 D A N K E ❤🔥" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ a b Stefula, Heimo (8 October 2022). "Enttäuschung und Begeisterung beim Bielefeld-Konzert der "No Angels"". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ Heigel, Anne (6 October 2022). "No Angels in Frankfurt: So viel Liebe für die Engel". Hessenschau (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Hammer, Christof (24 September 2022). "No Angels in der Stuttgarter Liederhalle: Erinnerungen an unbeschwerte Jugendtage". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ "No Angels - Down Boy (Celebration Tour) (Live aus der Wuhlheide Berlin - 18.06.2022)". Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via YouTube (No Angels).
  8. ^ a b "No Angels Wuhlheide". Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via YouTube (MissKirscheDeluxe).
  9. ^ @noangelsofficial (19 June 2022). "Celebration – Tour dates" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "DE: No Angels and Undercover nominated for Preis für Popkultur". BMG Rights Management. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Konzert: Niemand träumt alleine – die No Angels in der Swiss-Life-Hall". neuepresse.de (in German). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  12. ^ "No Angels machen bei Jubiläumstour Station in Hamburg". ndr.de (in German). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  13. ^ Bischoff, Björn (1 October 2022). "Können sie mehr als Nostalgie? So war das Konzert der No Angels in der Meistersingerhalle". Nürnberger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  14. ^ Schwenger, Dietmar (4 October 2022). "No Angels weihten Münchner Dampfdom ein". MusikWoche (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  15. ^ "LIVE REVIEW: NO ANGELS @ KÖLN (PALLADIUM)". THE-PICK (in German). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  16. ^ @noangelsofficial (5 September 2022). "Schweren, schweren Herzens mussten Entscheidung bzgl der Tour getroffen werden [...]" – via Instagram.
  17. ^ @noangelsofficial (19 June 2022). "Celebration – Tour dates" – via Instagram.
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